Van Wagner counts roughly 200 Major League Baseball, NHL, NBA and college clients, selling sponsorships mostly on rotating signage at facilities and generating annual revenue in excess of $200 million.Now Levine is running CAA Sports, along with David Rone, former executive vice president of Fox Sports Networks, and Howard Nuchow, former president of business operations for Mandalay Baseball. Levine, 46, and Nuchow, 48, run a global operation with Nuchow based in Los Angeles, while Levine patrols CAA’s offices in New York’s Chrysler Building.
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I started out in the statistics department of Forbes in the mid-'80s then transitioned toMy mentors were James Walker Michaels, Geoffrey N. Smith and William Baldwin. "Silver is well-acquainted with Levine from his days at Van Wagner, when Levine did deals with at least 14 NBA teams as well as a leaguewide signage deal for the WNBA.
On the podcast, Vino and I discuss his rapid rise early in his career, the hard knocks and lessons he learned, and how he's led CAA into the stratosphere of best in sports talent representation and brand marketing consultation. Section "I got offered the job to run SFX sales in Europe.
Check out the video below, which includes lots of cool graphics and statistics about CAA Sports.My mentors were James Walker Michaels, Geoffrey N. Smith and William Baldwin.
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It wasn't that long ago that sports was a relatively small part of Creative Artists Agency.But over the past decade, working with athletes like Dwayne Wade and Aaron Rodgers, it has soared to the top of its industry and become the biggest single division of CAA.On the YES Network's current Forbes SportsMoney show, Michael Levine, co-head of CAA Sports, provides insight into his strategy and what's ahead for the industry. "When Michael left, it certainly was a disappointment," Schaps said. Throughout the show we discuss the modern sports media landscape, how players have become empowered through digital and social, and why he decided to invest in the Premier Lacrosse League. I mainly wrote about high-priced stocks that I believed were doomed. See our Through innovative marketing deals, the acquisition of elite athletes in the NFL and NBA, and a knack for forecasting new trends in sports media, Mike Levine, known within the industry as "Vino", is a pioneer, visionary, and leader in sports business. I didn't feel the company was headed in the right direction, and in retrospect, I was right. "Equally important to what he has accomplished is the manner in which he has achieved these accomplishments.
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"SFX Sports, after being acquired by Clear Channel Communications, eventually changed from the biggest sports agency ever built through acquisitions to breaking up into pieces and fading away. Suiting Up is a show that explores the psychology, playbook of tools, and strategies of the most influential people in sports, entrepreneurship, and entertainment.8:00 - His Superstition Behind Being Responsive Through Email15:55 - Mike's First Impressions of Paul and Mike Rabil31:00 - What Jumps Out To Mike During the Interview Process34:00 - Finding The Right Selling Mindset And Support SystemsHere's how Mike Levine leveraged his lacrosse background to build one of the largest sports agencies in the world. Example: my story on CUC International pointed out how the company's aggressive accounting was masking a cash-flow problem.